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GIL SHOHAT
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(2010); Shohat has also written musical and theater pieces for
Alpha and Omega and The Dreaming Child were met with
since it premiered.
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Shohats music has been performed by conductors David
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and commissions in Israel include the Israel Festival, the
International Chamber Music Festival in Jerusalem, the Upper
Galilee Chamber Music Festival, the Keshet Eilon International
Master Course for Violinists, Tel Hai International Master
Classes for Pianists, and ICOs Classic-Chamber Festival
in Eilat. Numerous worldwide ensembles of contemporary
music have commissioned and performed his works, such as
Conjunto Iberico (Spain), Mussica dOggi (Italy), Matisse
Ensemble (Italy), and Musica Nova (Israel). Additionally,
Shohat has written large-scale theater pieces for the Beit Lessin
and Cameri Theaters in Tel Aviv.
Gil Shohat was born in Israel in 1973. He began his
musical studies at the age of 7, and by 12 was composing and
performing his own piano pieces. Shohats first orchestral
composition - a cantata, The Nightingale and the Rose was commissioned by the Israel Chamber Orchestra when
he was just 18. He is a graduate of the Israel Conservatory
of Music, Tel Aviv (1984-1990). He received his first and
second degrees (BM, MM) from the Mehta-Buchman School
of Music at Tel Aviv University (1991-1995) and holds two
post-graduate diplomas of a three year course Specialization
(Perfezionamento)) in Piano and Composition from the
Shohats works have also been performed and/or
and the grade of 100, which was only the third time in the 200
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Gil Shohat has won many prizes and accolades, including
for the most significant event of the year for his opera
(Los Angeles), Mrs. Susan Rose (New York City), and the
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In addition, Shohat is a sought-after lecturer in his country.
He teaches musical composition at Tel Aviv University (the
Mehta School of Music and Cathedra Advanced Studies) and
at Israels Open University (Ascolot), where he has developed
and taught over 30 courses. In Tel Aviv alone, he collaborates
with cultural centers such as the Diaspora Museum, the
Zionist Organization of America, the Ayala Zaks House, the
Lev and Khen Cinema Chains, the Cinematheque, the Tel Aviv
Museum of Art, and the Eretz Israel Museum. He has served as
the editor and moderator of the Piano Series of the Chamber
Music Center at the Israeli Conservatory of Music.
He is the artistic director of the Lecture-Recital Series which
has been held in cities such as Haifa, Caesarea, Ashdod,
Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. This series has included full courses
on subjects such as: The History of Western Music; Bachs
Piano Music; Bachs Oratorios; Requiems from Scarlatti to
Penderecki; Haydn Symphonies; Mozart Chamber Music;
Mozart Piano Music; Beethovens Symphonies; Beethovens
Chamber Music; Beethovens Sonatas; Chamber Music
and Lieder by Brahms and Schubert; the Complete Operas
by Verdi, Puccini, Wagner and Strauss; Mahlers Complete
Symphonies; French Music in the 19th Century; French
Impressionist Music; Second and Third Viennese Schools;
Schoenberg and his Contemporaries; Music Between the
World Wars; Contemporary Music; Contemporary Operas;
Post-Serial Music; Electronic Music; and Avant-Garde Jazz
Compositions.
Shohats projects that go beyond the concert-music world
include: Shohat-Ptashka Piano Duo Show (Jazz, with the
world-renowned Leonid Ptashka); Shohat-Khan Piano-Tabla
with pop star Nurit Galron, soul and Jewish music with pop
Duo (Indian Music, with the tabla player Akram Khan); the
star David Deor, Piano duo with pop star Shlomi Shaban,
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In 2008, Shohat founded two ensembles: The Israel Soloists,
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Beijing, China.